The volcanic eruption that ravaged Pompeii in year 79 is one of the most famous in history. It is known how its victims died, but how did they live? A new insight into the lives of the people who lived in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius before its cataclysmic eruption.

After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the e...

The Kush Empire was an ancient superpower that dominated the Nile Valley and rivaled the Egyptians, ...

Terry Jones' Barbarians is a 4-part TV documentary series first broadcast on BBC 2 in 2006. It was w...
Uli Köhler and Nick Golücke have visited the protagonists of the 1990 World Cup 20 years after their...

Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar ...

At the turn of the sixteenth century, Michelangelo (Mark Frankel), Raphael (Andrea Prodan), and Leon...

A docu-film that traces the victorious ride of Mancini's Azzurri, from the debut match to the final ...

Amanda Knox served four years in an Italian prison for the murder of her British flatmate Meredith K...

In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse...

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...

Explores the Pyramids of Giza as Egyptologists try to unravel the mysteries and decipher the clues b...

When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbri...

More than 2.000 years ago, Narbonne in today's Département Aude was the capital of a huge Roman prov...

"...a charming depiction of life as I knew it with my grandparents in my own village..." Clara Cale...

After the World War I, Mussolini's perspective on life is severely altered; once a willful socialist...

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childh...

Documentary released to coincide with the British Museum's exhibition dedicated to the man who ruled...

Siddharta and Fabrizio, one of them nine years old, the other one 65, are the core of a community th...